§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farm animals were identified as being unfit to travel in each month since January 1992. [21168]
§ Mrs. Browning[holding answer 1 May 1995]: The information is given in the following table for the years 1992, 1994 and 1995—to February. No figures are available for 1993.
Farm animals inspected prior to export and rejected as unfit for transportation 1992 1994 1995 January 1,608 not available 1,259 February 1,116 not available 698 March 662 1,534 — April 425 1,545 — May 792 1,881 — June 1,262 618 — July 2,206 1,227 — August 3,694 4,032 — September 4,710 4,534 — October 5,330 1,424 — November 3,126 1,681 — December 3,139 1,195 —